Glossa translation

I am helping a group (from a great site glossae.net) transliterate a work called the glossa ordinaria, and I have just finished Jonah. Its a commentary on the Bible that has glosses on the Scripture. Usually short comments that give interpretations on the passages. I have been posting glosses on this forum, and I am hoping to be able to do it systematically for the book of Jonah since its not that large, and many of you on this forum seem to be able to translate the glosses very quickly. I would love to be able to get that help from you all on here and I will give all the credit to this forum for the translating. The translation will be provided on a site freely for people to us. Any help will be so greatly appreciated, and I will give each one credit for their help. I will begin with a section that I begun...

Hebrews affirm that the holy Jonah, which was the son of a widow Zarephath; Elias the prophet raised him up from the dead, the mother told him afterwards: Hebrews affirm that the holy Jonah, which was the son of a widow Zarephath; Elijah the prophet raised him up from the dead, the mother told him afterwards: "Now I know that the word of God in the man of God are you, and your mouth is truth (1 Kgs 17:24)." For this reason, the boy was called "son of Amittai." Amittai for the means truth in our language. And he said, Behold, from the fact that Elijah spoke the truth, he is said to be a son who was raised from the truth.

So from the truth the dove is born because Jonah the dove cries out. Moreover Jonah is sent to the nations in condemnation of Israel because while Nineveh makes repentance, they persevere in wickedness. Indeed from the time of king Jeroboam of Israel who having forsaken God had been sacrificing to idols with his people in Samaria. The fourth book of kings shows that Jonah had been a prophet. He despite his prophesy illuminating the sins of the city of Nineveh would see them gain the mercy of God, lest he seem to be preaching falsehood he did not wish to go to warn of the destruction of their city. For just as God spoke to Abraham about the impiety of Sodom and Gomorrah saying: "The noise of Sodom and Gomorrh has come to me." so* it is said also about Nineveh because the noise of their evil had ascended unto him.

*this should be ita, not ira

Last edited by Cinefactus,
Aug 18, 2012

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And because the sentence of god once made was not revoked, so also Jonah did not wish for the sentence brought forward against Niniveh to be revoked, ignorant of the divine dispensation (divinae not divine) which prefers the salvation of men in turning to him rather than destruction (cf 2 Peter 3:9). This happened to him as also to saint Elisha who did not know the son of the Shunammite woman was dead (2 Kings 4:31-2). Jonah thinking he, Jonas, to flee from the sight of God, endured something a little human, David saying: "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?" (Ps 139:7)

I am really struggling with the last sentence.

You should be transcribing the medial puncta as commas.

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I am helping a group (from a great site glossae.net) transliterate a work called the glossa ordinaria

Do you mean transliterating, or transcribing, or indeed translating? One of the second two, I would imagine. In any case, I think you need to have a careful look again at what you have worked on so far.

Hebrews affirm that the holy Jonah, which was the son of a widow Zarephath; Elias the prophet raised him up from the dead, the mother told him afterwards: Hebrews affirm that the holy Jonah, which was the son of a widow Zarephath; Elijah the prophet raised him up from the dead, the mother told him afterwards

Then, you have put the translation of the next part in quotes, which suggests it is taken from another source:

"Now I know that the word of God in the man of God are you, and your mouth is truth (1 Kgs 17:24)."

...though this quoted portion does not seem to make much sense or bear much relation to either the Latin you quote underneath or any of the established English translations I have found online here:http://bible.cc/1_kings/17-24.htm

I am not attempting to run you down, but to remind you that you are engaged in a work of scholarship, and that its ultimate value will be proportional to the care you put into it.

Do you mean transliterating, or transcribing, or indeed translating? One of the second two, I would imagine. In any case, I think you need to have a careful look again at what you have worked on so far.

Firstly you seem to have duplicated a portion of your translation:

Then, you have put in quotes the translation of the next part, which suggests that you have taken it from another source:

...though this quoted portion does not seem to make much sense or bear much relation to either the Latin you quote underneath or any of the established English translations I have found online here:http://bible.cc/1_kings/17-24.htm

I am not attempting to run you down, but to remind you that you are engaged in a work of scholarship, and that its ultimate value will be proportional to the care you put into it.

I meant transcribe, that's what I get for being in a hurry. I just transcribed the gloss, someone else has edited it, now I am trying to get it translated. Thanks for catching that duplicated portion! I am open for any criticism or pointing out of my mistakes, I've got lots going on at one time with this project, and editing and re-editing is a norm for me.

As for the Kings quote, I made another error, I have just changed it to "Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and the word of the Lord in your mouth is true."

Obviously I need to be more careful! Thank you for pointing that out, posting this thread has greatly paid off!!

The Hebrews affirm that the holy Jonah, which was the son of a widow Zarephath; Elijah the prophet raised him up from the dead, the mother told him afterwards: "Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and the word of the Lord in your mouth is true. (1 Kgs 17:24)." For this reason, the boy was called "son of Amittai." For Amittai means truth in our language. And he said, Behold, from the fact that Elijah spoke the truth, he is said to be a son who was raised from the truth.

I agree that the phrasing is curious, but:
(1) there is another instance of sonat with the nominative case on p. 544: "quia abdias servus domini in nostro sonat eloquio", and
(2) the form iona can be explained by the writer's/editor's desire to cite the Hebrew word here rather than the Graecized name. (Admittedly, he does not do so in the case of Abdias.)